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Re: NBA 2024-2025

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 4:16 pm
by Jason
Tiggnutz wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:12 pm
Jason wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 3:58 pm :'(

It was a great run given the circumstances.
It sucks but remember I'm a Wizards fan. Denver's season would be one of the best of my lifetime and I'm in my 50's. Maybe this helps but if not I tried
I've experienced the highest of the highs and the lowest of the lows as a sports fan. The hardest ones to swallow are the ones where you're supposed to win and don't (Broncos-Jags 1996, Broncos-Ravens 2012, The Avalanche). Nuggets imploding at the end of the regular season and firing Malone made it seem like they'd certainly get bounced early but ended up being one win away from the Conference Finals. Not bad. Plus I don't love basketball as much as the other three sports.

Re: NBA 2024-2025

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 4:30 pm
by Headhunter
Game flipped and never looked back when they put Caruso in.

Re: NBA 2024-2025

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 4:33 pm
by Jason
Caruso could have slept in and OKC would still take this game. A hobbled Gordon and another MPJ/Murray disappearing act is begging for a blowout and that's what we got. The Nuggets don't even have a pickup-level bench. Nuggets got cold, Jokic sat and the game was long gone.

Re: NBA 2024-2025

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 4:36 pm
by Headhunter
It was 21-10 Denver and they were getting everything they wanted before Caruso came in. It changed everything.

Re: NBA 2024-2025

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 4:37 pm
by Tiggnutz
Jason wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:16 pm
Tiggnutz wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:12 pm
Jason wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 3:58 pm :'(

It was a great run given the circumstances.
It sucks but remember I'm a Wizards fan. Denver's season would be one of the best of my lifetime and I'm in my 50's. Maybe this helps but if not I tried
I've experienced the highest of the highs and the lowest of the lows as a sports fan. The hardest ones to swallow are the ones where you're supposed to win and don't (Broncos-Jags 1996, Broncos-Ravens 2012, The Avalanche). Nuggets imploding at the end of the regular season and firing Malone made it seem like they'd certainly get bounced early but ended up being one win away from the Conference Finals. Not bad. Plus I don't love basketball as much as the other three sports.
The Wizards are the team that killed my Fandom. I gave up and stopped caring so if they eventually have success i can't say I've always been a fan because that wouldn't be true

Re: NBA 2024-2025

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 4:40 pm
by Headhunter
The Wizards getting the 6th pick is the biggest kick in the nuts. I don’t think the flattened lottery odds are good for the league.

Re: NBA 2024-2025

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 4:43 pm
by Jason
Headhunter wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:36 pm It was 21-10 Denver and they were getting everything they wanted before Caruso came in. It changed everything.
I ain't buying it. Caruso ain't getting credit for the Nuggets suddenly bricking open shots and turning the ball over on bad passes. The Nuggets literally do this in every single game. A huge stretch of going ice cold.

He played hard defense but he's not responsible for MPJ and Murray being professional brick layers. Jokic and Braun showed up to play and if that's all you got against an OKC squad this deep it's over.

Re: NBA 2024-2025

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 4:49 pm
by Jason
Headhunter wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:40 pm The Wizards getting the 6th pick is the biggest kick in the nuts. I don’t think the flattened lottery odds are good for the league.
Why flatten the lottery when you can just rig it anyway? :P

Re: NBA 2024-2025

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 4:51 pm
by Headhunter
Jason wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:43 pm
Headhunter wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:36 pm It was 21-10 Denver and they were getting everything they wanted before Caruso came in. It changed everything.
I ain't buying it. Caruso ain't getting credit for the Nuggets suddenly bricking open shots and turning the ball over on bad passes. The Nuggets literally do this in every single game. A huge stretch of going ice cold.

He played hard defense but he's not responsible for MPJ and Murray being professional brick layers. Jokic and Braun showed up to play and if that's all you got against an OKC squad this deep it's over.
You don’t have to buy it but it’s exactly what happened. Before Caruso, Denver was in a great offensive flow. Once he came in to just hack the shit out of Jokic, they went on a run that never ended.

Re: NBA 2024-2025

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 5:03 pm
by Jason
Headhunter wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:51 pm
Jason wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:43 pm
Headhunter wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:36 pm It was 21-10 Denver and they were getting everything they wanted before Caruso came in. It changed everything.
I ain't buying it. Caruso ain't getting credit for the Nuggets suddenly bricking open shots and turning the ball over on bad passes. The Nuggets literally do this in every single game. A huge stretch of going ice cold.

He played hard defense but he's not responsible for MPJ and Murray being professional brick layers. Jokic and Braun showed up to play and if that's all you got against an OKC squad this deep it's over.
You don’t have to buy it but it’s exactly what happened. Before Caruso, Denver was in a great offensive flow. Once he came in to just hack the shit out of Jokic, they went on a run that never ended.
Would have happened regardless.

Re: NBA 2024-2025

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 5:05 pm
by Jason
OKC is too deep. I think they win it all.

Re: NBA 2024-2025

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 5:06 pm
by Headhunter
Jason wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 5:03 pm
Headhunter wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:51 pm
Jason wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:43 pm
Headhunter wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:36 pm It was 21-10 Denver and they were getting everything they wanted before Caruso came in. It changed everything.
I ain't buying it. Caruso ain't getting credit for the Nuggets suddenly bricking open shots and turning the ball over on bad passes. The Nuggets literally do this in every single game. A huge stretch of going ice cold.

He played hard defense but he's not responsible for MPJ and Murray being professional brick layers. Jokic and Braun showed up to play and if that's all you got against an OKC squad this deep it's over.
You don’t have to buy it but it’s exactly what happened. Before Caruso, Denver was in a great offensive flow. Once he came in to just hack the shit out of Jokic, they went on a run that never ended.
Would have happened regardless.
lol k

Re: NBA 2024-2025

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 5:07 pm
by Jason

Re: NBA 2024-2025

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 5:09 pm
by Jason
Headhunter wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 5:06 pm
Jason wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 5:03 pm
Headhunter wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:51 pm
Jason wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:43 pm
Headhunter wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:36 pm It was 21-10 Denver and they were getting everything they wanted before Caruso came in. It changed everything.
I ain't buying it. Caruso ain't getting credit for the Nuggets suddenly bricking open shots and turning the ball over on bad passes. The Nuggets literally do this in every single game. A huge stretch of going ice cold.

He played hard defense but he's not responsible for MPJ and Murray being professional brick layers. Jokic and Braun showed up to play and if that's all you got against an OKC squad this deep it's over.
You don’t have to buy it but it’s exactly what happened. Before Caruso, Denver was in a great offensive flow. Once he came in to just hack the shit out of Jokic, they went on a run that never ended.
Would have happened regardless.
lol k
Nuggets lose by 40 and it's Caruso's monstrous 11-0-3 that made it happen.

His 5 years with your Lakes is why you're glossing him imo. :P

Re: NBA 2024-2025

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 5:22 pm
by Headhunter
Jason wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 5:09 pm
Headhunter wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 5:06 pm
Jason wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 5:03 pm
Headhunter wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:51 pm
Jason wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:43 pm
Headhunter wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 4:36 pm It was 21-10 Denver and they were getting everything they wanted before Caruso came in. It changed everything.
I ain't buying it. Caruso ain't getting credit for the Nuggets suddenly bricking open shots and turning the ball over on bad passes. The Nuggets literally do this in every single game. A huge stretch of going ice cold.

He played hard defense but he's not responsible for MPJ and Murray being professional brick layers. Jokic and Braun showed up to play and if that's all you got against an OKC squad this deep it's over.
You don’t have to buy it but it’s exactly what happened. Before Caruso, Denver was in a great offensive flow. Once he came in to just hack the shit out of Jokic, they went on a run that never ended.
Would have happened regardless.
lol k
Nuggets lose by 40 and it's Caruso's monstrous 11-0-3 that made it happen.

His 5 years with your Lakes is why you're glossing him imo. :P
I didn’t say his scoring made the difference

Re: NBA 2024-2025

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 5:24 pm
by Jason
He's been frustrating in the series for sure.

Re: NBA 2024-2025

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 5:25 pm
by Jason
I've held out hope too long for MPJ and Murray and wouldn't shed a tear if this was the last we see of them.

Re: NBA 2024-2025

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 11:38 pm
by Jason
The only good thing that happened in sports today is hearing Drake lost a million dollars betting on the Leafs.

Re: NBA 2024-2025

Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 11:55 pm
by Jason
Which to the average person is like 3 dollars so whatever.

Re: NBA 2024-2025

Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 12:25 am
by Jason